This is a meaningful tactic. Voters and cell providers alike are alerted this is coming down the pipeline. It is a way to gauge voter interest, ie how hard shou

This is a meaningful tactic. Voters and cell providers alike are alerted this is coming down the pipeline. It is a way to gauge voter interest, ie how hard should the politician push for this particular regulation given the returns on support that can be anticipated from public engagement. It also puts the cell providers on notice and incentivizes them to compromise and cooperate to avoid more hostile regulation.